Originally Posted by Christian and Beccy
Paul, you have been a great help.
We usually supply materials in the rare instances that we pay anyone to do work for us!! Beccy tends to shop hard and gets good trade prices out of Ridgeons/Travis Perkins etc.
The guy that did our plastering will quote for the rendering, but I don't intend to just go straight with him.
I find that I think about it too much. Stuff like.....
Will the fascia's need to come off? (these are going to be redone sometime soon, but not yet)
What happens at ground level? Do you end up with a visible ridge??
This is why I want to pay someone to do it, I can get my head round most stuff, but this job is one for a pro!!!
with all due respect, beccy no matter how hard she shops wont get a better price for materials than a bonafide builder with a trade account...
Put some pics up Christian as im finding it hard to beleive a red brick house wants rendering. Rendering is really the last resort...and once done there is usually no going back, and over the years lots of maintainance...
We are on with a rendering job at the moment. Only reason it is getting rendered is that it is an old stone cottage, and the stone work is knackered. Usually id want to replace old worn stone then point to whole lot, but the rest of the cottage is rendered so this is getting done the same.
Like i say, LAST resort...imo